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Decision Trees: A Common PMP Risk Analysis Tool
With the release of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (5th Edition), several knowledge areas are expanding. PMBOK (4th Edition) expanded the Risk Management Knowledge area by acknowledging the...
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PMP (5th Edition) Exam – Relax, This is Easy
I am excited. My mentor, Ed O’Connor, is working with me to re-write the PMPC and CAPM courseware. We plan be ready in time for course delivery targeting the PMBOK (5th edition) by May. Ed helped me to...
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Applying for the PMP Exam: Hours, what about my hours?
Preparing students to take the Project Management Professional certification, I would expect questions about the five process groups (Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling,...
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Project Management Trained – Now what?
The easiest way to acquire Professional Development Units (PDUs) is at one of the PMI Global Congress events. Phoenix is blessed to host the 2014 North American Global Congress from October 26-28....
View ArticleGetting ready for the PMP Exam: Contract Risk
My students regularly identify four areas with significant question volume on the PMP® exam: schedule diagrams, earned value management, risk calculation, and procurement. This feedback may reflect the...
View ArticleGetting ready for the PMP Exam: Rent versus Buy
In a recent blog, Getting ready for the PMP Exam: Contract Risk, I addressed relative procurement risk and the selection of contract types. Within that blog I compared the initiation of procurement...
View ArticleGames (Project) Trainers Play
Several of my PMP students have requested additional ideas for team building exercises, both general purpose and focused on teaching aspects of project management. Hopefully this post will provide a...
View ArticlePreparing for the PMP Exam – 2015 update
Students ask many of the questions that lead to my blogs. They deserve the credit for good questions and valuable feedback. This time, I am actually using the input from several recently credentialed...
View ArticlePMXPO Project Management 2015 Virtual Global Congress – Recap
One long, fruitful day. 6.5 PDU’s. New insight into the direction of PMI and the world of project management. I attended Projectmanagement.com’s 2015 virtual Global Congress yesterday (April 30, 2015)....
View ArticleGetting those PDUs – Professional Development Units
Shout out to the sales and marketing personnel at Interface Technical Training who inspired this blog… They continually receive the question, “What counts toward PMI Professional Development Units?”...
View ArticlePMP Exam Content Changing – November 1, 2015
PMI is changing the question emphasis on the PMPC exam effective November 1st, 2015. There will be no exam transition overlap as occurs with most PMBOK edition updates since this is NOT a PMBOK update....
View ArticleThree Point Estimates in Six Sigma and PMI
Both PMI and Six-Sigma Certifications rely on an understanding of statistics and in particular very basic terms, formulas and distributions. The topic generally leads to multiple examples, assistance...
View ArticleSummer Slump for PMP Project Managers
Yesterday I attended a fantastic teleconference titled Summer Surge: 10 Strategies to Beat the ‘Summer Slump’ by my mentor Darren Hardy. The content got me to thinking more deeply about the term...
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Applying for the PMP Exam: Hours, what about my hours?
Preparing students to take the Project Management Professional certification, I would expect questions about the five process groups (Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling,...
View ArticleProject Management Trained – Now what?
The easiest way to acquire Professional Development Units (PDUs) is at one of the PMI Global Congress events. Phoenix is blessed to host the 2014 North American Global Congress from October 26-28....
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Getting ready for the PMP Exam: Rent versus Buy
In a recent blog, Getting ready for the PMP Exam: Contract Risk, I addressed relative procurement risk and the selection of contract types. Within that blog I compared the initiation of procurement...
View ArticleGames (Project) Trainers Play
Several of my PMP students have requested additional ideas for team building exercises, both general purpose and focused on teaching aspects of project management. Hopefully this post will provide a...
View ArticlePreparing for the PMP Exam – 2015 update
Students ask many of the questions that lead to my blogs. They deserve the credit for good questions and valuable feedback. This time, I am actually using the input from several recently credentialed...
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PMXPO Project Management 2015 Virtual Global Congress – Recap
One long, fruitful day. 6.5 PDU’s. New insight into the direction of PMI and the world of project management.I attended Projectmanagement.com’s 2015 virtual Global Congress yesterday (April 30,...
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Getting those PDUs – Professional Development Units
Shout out to the sales and marketing personnel at Interface Technical Training who inspired this blog…They continually receive the question, “What counts toward PMI Professional Development Units?”The...
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